Rome Aloise

Rome Aloise was Secretary-Treasurer of the Teamsters Local 853 in San Leandro, California and International Vice-President of the IBT. He was known to be the most powerful Teamster official on the West Coast, and he was later charged with racketeering, taking bribes, nepotism, negotiating a sham collective bargaining agreement, and using union resources to punish political opponents, in 2016. On 17 March 2017, his trial ended, and he was likely to be expelled from the Teamsters due to his corruption charges.